3 Byfield, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 7AL
About 3 Byfield
3 Byfield is a mid-terrace house in Welwyn Garden City (AL8 7AL). It has a recorded floor area of 111 m² (around 1195 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band D. The latest certificate (May 2023) shows a D (score 64), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would push it to C (score 79).
5 planning records sit against the property, 5 approved, 0 refused. Past consents include an extension and a conservatory, meaningful when judging how the property has evolved. At 111 m² it's 27.6% larger than the typical home in the postcode (87 m² median across 20 EPCs). Across 1999–2023, sale prices on this property compounded at 6.2% per year. Today's modelled estimate of £442,000 is 14.1% above the 2023 sale price. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£324/sq ft) was about 22.9% above the typical sold price in the postcode. Most recent transfer: December 2023 at £387,500.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
Energy performance
EPC Rating
Planning history
3 Byfield has been through 5 approved planning applications — a well-evolved property.
- May 2002ConservatoryFullIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
SINGLE STOREY REAR EXTENSION AND CONSERVATORY. (REVISION TO PLANNING PERMISSION N6/2001/1452/FP)
Extension- Reference
- N6/2002/0432/FP
- May 2002ConservatoryIn report
Extension: Single storey · Rear of property
SINGLE STOREY REAR EXTENSION AND CONSERVATORY. (REVISION TO PLANNING PERMISSION W/2001/1455/EM)
Extension- Reference
- W6/2002/0433/EM
What's in 3 Byfield, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 7AL's planning history?
3 more on this property, plus refusals, disputes and full decisions nearby, in the report.
Sales history & valuation
Price for 3 Byfield has grown more than fourfold since the 1999 starting point.
£442,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 6.2% per year over 25 years.
£387,500
Growth on file: 6.2% per year over 25 years.
Sales timeline
1 December 2023Most recent
£387,500
+342.9%over 24 years26 February 1999
£87,500
Median price across the last 5 sales in AL8 7AL: £385,000 (2025–2021).
Nearby sales in AL8 7AL
4 Byfield, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 7AL
Sold Mar 2025
£380,00026 Byfield, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 7AL
Sold Feb 2024
£385,00018 Byfield, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 7AL
Sold Sept 2022
£445,00017 Byfield, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 7AL
Sold Aug 2022
£450,00024 Byfield, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 7AL
Sold Nov 2020
£345,000
Everything we know about 3 Byfield, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
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Versus other Byfield homes
3 Byfield outperforms the street on floor area by a wide margin.
Price per m²
£3,491
Street avg £3,931
Floor Area
111 m²
Street avg 86 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 4 rooms
CO₂ Emissions
4.7 t/year
Street avg 3.4 t/year
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Crime
2/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
0.1 km
Sewells — bus stop.
Closest school
0.2 km
Harwood Hill Junior Mixed Infant and Nursery School. 19 schools nearby.
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